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Scaring America with Soviet Mannequins
40:19 - 43:14 (02:55)
Soviet Union built houses with mannequins dressed up to scare Americans with their technological advancements during the Cold War.
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The Nevada test site was where the US set off over 700 nuclear bombs from the 1950s until the mid 60s.
40:19 - 41:33 (01:14)
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The Nevada test site was where the US set off over 700 nuclear bombs from the 1950s until the mid 60s. They would build little towns and gather thousands of people to watch the testing from miles away, in an attempt to scare and warn Americans.
ChapterScaring America with Soviet Mannequins
EpisodeThe History of Fake Towns.
PodcastStuff You Should Know
The Bellin Building and two other houses survived the blast from the nuclear bomb in Hiroshima, and the Bellin Building even became a tourist attraction.
41:33 - 42:32 (00:59)
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The Bellin Building and two other houses survived the blast from the nuclear bomb in Hiroshima, and the Bellin Building even became a tourist attraction. The survivors were made into tourist attractions and had mannequins dressed up inside them.
ChapterScaring America with Soviet Mannequins
EpisodeThe History of Fake Towns.
PodcastStuff You Should Know
The mannequins at a grocery store in Southern California survived a 6.4 magnitude earthquake with items still on their shelves and only a few of them falling over.
42:32 - 43:14 (00:42)
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The mannequins at a grocery store in Southern California survived a 6.4 magnitude earthquake with items still on their shelves and only a few of them falling over.